Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Fuzzball MUCK, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Fuzzball MUCK MPI Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22977
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22977/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access, DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Fuzzball MUCK 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/12691/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Fuzzball MUCK, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors within the MPI
(Message Parsing Interpreter). This can be exploited to cause a
buffer overflow by sending specially crafted messages.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 6.07.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 6.07.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=465373&group_id=1596
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